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- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 20: Corporation Tax Receipts (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018) Seán Fleming: I am only speaking about the part that is relevant to corporation tax. I mentioned the research and development tax credit. To give the figures for the research and development tax credit, the amount offset against the corporation tax liability in 2013 was €185 million; in 2014, €227 million; in 2015, €349 million, and in 2016, €434 million, giving a total of...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Taoiseach should be keenly aware of the housing shortage and the need for more houses to be built. The Minister for Finance has said he is dealing with the home building finance Bill and an agency to lend to those involved in residential house construction on terms and conditions equivalent to the commercial market from banks. I note that while the Bill is listed as priority legislation...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the total provided by way of a reduction in corporation tax payable in respect of research and development tax credit; the amount provided by way of refundable credit in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8921/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of research and development tax credits availed of in bands (details supplied) in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/18]
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: This is not the same topic. This is a joke.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is not the same topic.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined today by Mr. Brian Hill, senior auditor. The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 8 February 2018. Are they agreed? Agreed. I have received apologies from Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. The next item on the agenda is matters arising from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is that a special report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It may be before the summer. We do not have a date of publication.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will the special report deal with the substantive issues? Will it deal with the interaction between the university and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General? Does it deal with the internal audit report and the recommendations? Does it deal with all of these or just some of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will come back to it, but we cannot set a date yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are inquiring about the Crowe Howarth review mentioned in the letter. We will seek a copy of that report in the meantime, and we will come back to the other one. When we get the Crowe Howarth report we can discuss the matter further and we will keep this topic on the agenda. Nos. 1072B and 1073B were received from the Comptroller and Auditor General and we discussed them briefly at...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It will be a very important document for the committee when we get the total level of stated non-compliance with public procurement rules.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: I would like it across the Votes but there are also organisations such as the HSE. I accept that is a bigger task.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We accept that. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General will give us the Votes first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We want the full picture of the organisations that are audited. Somebody will have to go through their statements of internal control and pick out what is in them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We want to get as big a picture as possible. It is a bit like the salary overpayments. It is fine just talking about what is in front of us, but we are looking for the full picture. We acknowledge it will take a bit of time. We will note this correspondence even though we had a discussion on them at our last meeting, and I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to keep us informed. ...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is €2 billion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to circulate the report by Dr. Jane Pillinger that is referred to in the letter to all members. I do not know what is in it. I have not looked at it yet. If that is circulated, it will be on our correspondence list for the next meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is likely to be the HSE.